ferrous oxide
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ferrous oxide
First recorded in 1870–75
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Amused and enchanted, I named him "Ferrous" for the chemical name of rust, hydrated ferrous oxide.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2018
Thus iron protoxide is now generally known as ferrous oxide, and iron peroxide as ferric oxide.
From Heroes of Science Chemists by M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison) Muir
Below them, a straight line of gray-green stretched to the horizon, contrasting sharply with the red ferrous oxide of the landscape.
From We're Civilized! by Alex Apostolides
Organic acids, ferrous oxide, chromic oxide, ammonium salts, etc., prevent the formation of peroxide and the red color produced by permanganic acid.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various
Staurolite, stawr′ō-līt, n. a silicate of alumina with ferrous oxide, magnesia, and water, crystallising in trimetric forms, common as twinned cruciform crystals in certain states.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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